Tendring Community Assets Full Final Report

7 1.6 This Community Asset mapping has been done across the board, and, where possible has been built around the Live Well Essex model, supporting holistic planning and delivery of services to the whole population, within the following pillars of delivery: Start Well - giving children the best start in life Feel Well - supporting mental wellbeing Be Well - empowering adults to make healthy lifestyle choices Age Well - supporting people to live safely and independently as they grow older Stay Well - supporting adults with health and/or care concerns to access support to maintain healthy and fulfilling lives Die Well – giving people nearing the end of life choice around their care Where there are overarching issues (e.g. transport and advice and information), these have been identified as generic within findings and recommendations. 1.7 This report has been written with due regard to the Tendring District Council Health and Wellbeing Priorities of:  Tackling obesity, improving diet and increasing physical activity  Improving mental health and wellbeing  Preventing and managing long-term conditions to enhance quality of life and reduce inequalities 1.8 It equally gives due regard to the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership/Integrated Care System Board’s (STP/ICS) Higher Ambitions of:  Mental health – zero suicides and better support for children’s mental health and well-being;  Care closer to home – reduction in the number of unplanned admissions to hospital;  Reducing the health gap – more comparable health outcomes for those living in our most and least deprived communities;  Improved end of life care – less people dying in hospital and more people enabled to die either at home or the place of their choice;  Positive about obesity – fewer children and adults developing obesity and more people with obesity able to access treatment and support including bariatric surgery;  Less loneliness – ‘living alone’ no longer being a factor in admission to hospital.  Looking with partners at how becoming an integrated care system could support the above aims. 1.9 A whole system approach is being used to achieve the best outcomes, engaging health and social care assets from the statutory and voluntary sector, and harnessing community assets which contribute to the overarching ambitions. The community asset mapping exercise described in this report is to be used in this context. 2 METHODOLOGY 2.1 CVST was asked to carry out a one-off piece of work to identify community assets, identify any gaps perceived by those currently providing those services so as to build recommendations of additional community services, facilities or networks that might be developed. 2.2 For the purposes of this exercise, community assets were defined as those which are universal to residents or visitors to Tendring (albeit that some will be age/condition specific),